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Over 60 percent of netizens surveyed by People's Daily Online hope to get an increase in their salary in 2016.

In the survey conducted by the website for the coming “two sessions,” 63.31 percent of surveyed netizens are dissatisfied with their income, 30.25 percent think their income is acceptable and only 4.97 percent of netizens are satisfied or even quite satisfied with their income.

As of Feb. 22, a total of 28 provinces, regions and cities have released their residential income indexes. Among them, 21 experienced at least an 8 percent increase in urban residential income and 16 enjoyed at least 9 percent growth. A total of 12 provinces enjoyed a higher growth rate of residential income than GDP. Average residential income is more than USD 8,000 in Beijing and Shanghai.

Most netizens hope that the income of basic workers will increase. One netizen said that prices of commodities are increasing too fast and current incomes don’t allow people to afford basic necessities, let alone to maintain savings.

According to the 13th Five-Year Plan, average urban residential income in 2020 will be double that in 2010. In addition, China expects to have more mid- to high-income citizens. The survey shows that 15.95 percent of people turn to investment and financing in order to increase their income. Around 20 percent of surveyed netizens chose to change their jobs, seek promotions or change departments in order to earn more.

As for the income gap, 24.6 percent of netizens think there is big gap between different industries, and 23.22 percent think that managers' incomes are much higher than ordinary staff members’. What’s more, 18.2 percent of people choose regional gap, 16.1 percent think there is a huge gap between rural and urban areas and 14.91 percent think that certain people cannot get same income even if they do the same work.

The income gap between ordinary employees and managers is still a major conflict in 2016.